We awake infinite milliseconds apart wondering why we missed the same view of the sunrise. Angles of perspective and interpretation separate our understanding of the beginning of a day. If one day can be so misconstrued, how then do we look back on a year that is not yet finished? We’ll come back to that […]

Jim and Tom sit down with a returning guest (Richard) and a first-timer (Whitney) to discuss the wilderness. What can we learn from the Great Wide Open? Is Yellowstone Park a preserve or a performance? Does a cost/benefit analysis favor strip malls over wooded areas? We flirt with answers.

Love, let’s get that word out of the way. Life proves to us all how cruel it can be time and time again. Loss so unexpected points out the preciousness of today. This circle of understanding spins endlessly. Relationships bring hope of betterment. Mountains are climbed and valleys are explored. But we can still fall […]

Some call it empathy or emotional intelligence. Ah, but that is beyond the point. The one fella who hesitantly put out a story that was reluctantly a redacted experience really didn’t understand the point of putting out the truth until a few characters went beyond their story to inspire what really has been desired to […]

Construction workers pulled up a spire that will take the height of One World Trade Center in New York City to 1,776 feet. Maybe this move will allow the world to find closure in the loss of the previous twin towers. We all know people or of people who will never be the same after […]

We learn from mistakes and grow from experience. A friend of the Open Door Rapport reiterated the importance of keeping this thing going. What is this and why spend time writing and talking on the internet? Because, it’s possible. Since its founding, some twelve months ago, people have come together to share conversation, song, and […]

Jim sits down with Jerry Gaff and Tom Hitt at the Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse for some conversation on music, documentaries, social media, and play some songs against the sounds of cappuccino and espresso makers. Gaff leads at the beginning, followed by Hitt about midway into the recording after discussing live performances and “off the […]

Whether it be a mission statement or something along another category lines that explains what something is and more importantly, what it can be. Paper Campfire is going to be a printed magazine newspaper to be released in 2013 that will cover topics outlined in various blogs, http://PaperCampfire.com, and other authors who feel that they […]

Jim talks on the book tour, reads an excerpt of Wild Harmony and discusses with Kevin and Nate a series of systems thinking that could further define Wild Harmony. Where can podcasts and conversations take us in these coming years when ideas are many and actionable plans are few? Reminder: Sunday, December 16th at Presque […]

Live Podcast with Jerry Gaff at Presque Isle Gallery Coffee House in Erie, PA on Sunday, December 16th at 1:00PM – 3:00PM along with Wild Harmony talk and signing. Come for presentation on self-publishing and join in on the idea for the next book. Jim and Tom sat down Erie musician Gaff and his colleague […]

“Have you ever shot a charging lion?” This tour guide I once met while driving from an olive plantation in the country-side of South Africa talked of encounters with lions. Of course the quote is from Midnight in Paris by the actor portraying Ernest Hemingway. There are many animal rehabilitation facilities in South Africa, as well […]